ET CETERA: : Broncos wide receiver Brandon Marshall was in New York to appeal his three-game suspension for violating the league's personal conduct policy. Goodell had indicated he would reduce Marshall's suspension to two games if he kept in contact with a league-appointed counselor and stayed out of further legal trouble. ... Vikings quarterbacks Tarvaris Jackson and Gus Frerotte will sit out the preseason finale tomorrow night at Dallas. ... The Buccaneers placed running back Cadillac Williams (knee injury) on the reserve physically-unable-to-perform list.
Ex-manager of Ali dead; Eight Belles buried in Ky.
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A longtime manager of boxer Muhammad Ali and son of the late Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad has died after heart surgery. Jabir Herbert Muhammad was 79. His oldest son, Elijah Muhammad III, said he died Monday in Chicago. He managed Ali's boxing career from 1966 until 1981 and managed his post-fighting career for an additional 10 years.
HORSE RACING: : The remains of Eight Belles have been buried at Churchill Downs. A wooden box containing the filly's remains was buried at the Kentucky Derby Museum during a quiet ceremony Monday. Eight Belles was the only filly to run in the 134th Kentucky Derby in May, finishing second to Big Brown. She was euthanized on the track after breaking two ankles.
JURISPRUDENCE: : Federal prosecutors briefly moved disgraced sprinter Marion Jones from a Texas prison to the San Francisco Bay area three months ago in case they needed her to testify against her former track coach on trial for lying to investigators, The New York Times reported, citing an anonymous source. The Times reported on its Web site that prosecutors would have called Jones to the witness stand if track coach Trevor Graham had testified in his own defense. Graham did not testify, and a jury convicted him of lying to a federal investigator during a probe of the Bay Area Laboratory Co-operative about phone calls he made to a confessed steroid dealer.
SWIMMING: : Five-time Olympian Dara Torres is scheduled to undergo shoulder surgery today to repair a partial tear in her right shoulder. It will be her third surgery in 10 months. Despite severe shoulder discomfort, Torres, 41, won three Olympic silver medals this month.
AUTO RACING: : The Budweiser Shootout at Daytona will be around at least three more years with a new format that places the emphasis on the four manufacturers in NASCAR's Sprint Cup series. ... Reed Sorenson has signed a multiyear contract to join Gillett Evernham Motorsports, beginning in 2009.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL: : Daryll Clark will start at quarterback for Penn State when the No. 22 Nittany Lions open the season Saturday against Coastal Carolina. ... Senior Sean Glennon has been named Virginia Tech's starting quarterback.
PRO BASKETBALL: : Former Portland Trail Blazers center Kevin Duckworth died Monday while on a trip to the Oregon Coast to host a free basketball clinic. He was 44. A cause of death had yet to be determined. ... Former NBA player Wayman Tisdale, 44, had part of his right leg amputated Monday because of bone cancer.
MORE BASKETBALL: : Aito Garcia Reneses, 61, has quit as Spain's coach after the men's team lost to the United States in the Olympic gold-medal game.
VARSITY: : Jeffrey Parsons has been named varsity basketball coach at Boys' Latin. The head junior varsity coach at McDonogh last season, Parsons was a varsity assistant for the Lakers from 2003 to 2007.
